On 07/04/2010 11:08 PM, mojoehand wrote:
I pulled the RAM from my IIe so I could test some spare RAM. Under the chips, plugged into the sockets were plastic shims. Other than raising the chips higher in the socket and also making it harder to remove the chips, what is the purpose of these shims? I've been dealing with electronics for many years and this is the first time I have seen such shims.
Those were used by some automatic insertion machines to keep pins lined up properly. You can safely discard them.